Cultural Freedom

This ranking compares how freely culture, arts, media, expression and public debate can operate in practice in a country. The raw value is a Nomadino 0-100 point value; higher values indicate more expressive freedom, less political restriction and a more reliable environment for cultural life.
1 Denmark92 points 92 points 92
1 Finland92 points 92 points 92
1 Iceland92 points 92 points 92
1 Norway92 points 92 points 92
1 Sweden92 points 92 points 92
6 Netherlands90 points 90 points 90
6 New Zealand90 points 90 points 90
6 Switzerland90 points 90 points 90
9 Australia88 points 88 points 88
9 Austria88 points 88 points 88
9 Canada88 points 88 points 88
9 Estonia88 points 88 points 88
9 Faroe Islands88 points 88 points 88
9 Germany88 points 88 points 88
9 Greenland88 points 88 points 88
9 Ireland88 points 88 points 88
9 Liechtenstein88 points 88 points 88
9 Luxembourg88 points 88 points 88
9 Monaco88 points 88 points 88
9 San Marino88 points 88 points 88
9 United Kingdom88 points 88 points 88
22 Belgium85 points 85 points 85
22 France85 points 85 points 85
22 Gibraltar85 points 85 points 85
22 Latvia85 points 85 points 85
22 Lithuania85 points 85 points 85
22 Slovenia85 points 85 points 85
22 United States85 points 85 points 85
29 Andorra82 points 82 points 82
29 Czech Republic82 points 82 points 82
29 Greece82 points 82 points 82
29 Portugal82 points 82 points 82
29 Spain82 points 82 points 82
34 Italy80 points 80 points 80
34 Malta80 points 80 points 80
34 Uruguay80 points 80 points 80
37 Chinese Taipei78 points 78 points 78
37 Costa Rica78 points 78 points 78
39 Bermuda75 points 75 points 75
39 Cayman Islands75 points 75 points 75
39 Chile75 points 75 points 75
39 Japan75 points 75 points 75
39 Puerto Rico75 points 75 points 75
39 Slovakia75 points 75 points 75
39 U.S. Virgin Islands75 points 75 points 75
46 Argentina72 points 72 points 72
46 Aruba72 points 72 points 72
46 Bahamas72 points 72 points 72
46 Barbados72 points 72 points 72
46 British Virgin Islands72 points 72 points 72
46 Croatia72 points 72 points 72
46 Curacao72 points 72 points 72
46 Cyprus72 points 72 points 72
46 Israel72 points 72 points 72
46 Korea Republic72 points 72 points 72
46 New Caledonia72 points 72 points 72
46 Poland72 points 72 points 72
46 Saint Kitts and Nevis72 points 72 points 72
46 Saint Pierre and Miquelon72 points 72 points 72
46 Singapore72 points 72 points 72
46 Turks and Caicos Islands72 points 72 points 72
62 Anguilla70 points 70 points 70
62 Cook Islands70 points 70 points 70
62 Saint Lucia70 points 70 points 70
62 Saint-Martin70 points 70 points 70
62 Tahiti70 points 70 points 70
67 Antigua and Barbuda68 points 68 points 68
67 Dominica68 points 68 points 68
67 French Guiana68 points 68 points 68
67 Grenada68 points 68 points 68
67 Guadeloupe68 points 68 points 68
67 Hungary68 points 68 points 68
67 Martinique68 points 68 points 68
67 Mauritius68 points 68 points 68
67 Montserrat68 points 68 points 68
67 Réunion68 points 68 points 68
67 Romania68 points 68 points 68
67 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines68 points 68 points 68
67 Sint Maarten68 points 68 points 68
80 Belize65 points 65 points 65
80 Georgia65 points 65 points 65
80 Guam65 points 65 points 65
80 Niue65 points 65 points 65
80 Northern Mariana Islands65 points 65 points 65
80 Palau65 points 65 points 65
80 Peru65 points 65 points 65
80 Seychelles65 points 65 points 65
88 Brazil62 points 62 points 62
88 Bulgaria62 points 62 points 62
88 Ecuador62 points 62 points 62
88 Jamaica62 points 62 points 62
88 Panama62 points 62 points 62
88 Trinidad and Tobago62 points 62 points 62
94 American Samoa60 points 60 points 60
94 Cape Verde60 points 60 points 60
94 Wallis and Futuna60 points 60 points 60
97 Albania58 points 58 points 58
97 Bolivia58 points 58 points 58
97 Colombia58 points 58 points 58
97 Fiji58 points 58 points 58
97 Guyana58 points 58 points 58
97 Hong Kong58 points 58 points 58
97 Montenegro58 points 58 points 58
97 Nauru58 points 58 points 58
97 North Macedonia58 points 58 points 58
97 Serbia58 points 58 points 58
107 Botswana55 points 55 points 55
107 Dominican Republic55 points 55 points 55
107 El Salvador55 points 55 points 55
107 Ghana55 points 55 points 55
107 Kosovo55 points 55 points 55
107 Macau55 points 55 points 55
107 Marshall Islands55 points 55 points 55
107 Mayotte55 points 55 points 55
107 Mexico55 points 55 points 55
107 Moldova55 points 55 points 55
107 Mongolia55 points 55 points 55
107 Namibia55 points 55 points 55
107 Paraguay55 points 55 points 55
107 Samoa55 points 55 points 55
107 São Tomé and Príncipe55 points 55 points 55
107 South Africa55 points 55 points 55
107 Suriname55 points 55 points 55
107 Tuvalu55 points 55 points 55
107 Vanuatu55 points 55 points 55
126 Armenia52 points 52 points 52
126 Bhutan52 points 52 points 52
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina52 points 52 points 52
126 Guatemala52 points 52 points 52
126 Kiribati52 points 52 points 52
126 Micronesia52 points 52 points 52
126 Philippines52 points 52 points 52
126 Tonga52 points 52 points 52
134 Kenya48 points 48 points 48
134 Senegal48 points 48 points 48
134 Solomon Islands48 points 48 points 48
134 Thailand48 points 48 points 48
134 Zanzibar48 points 48 points 48
139 Benin45 points 45 points 45
139 Gambia45 points 45 points 45
139 India45 points 45 points 45
139 Malaysia45 points 45 points 45
139 Nepal45 points 45 points 45
144 Cambodia42 points 42 points 42
144 Honduras42 points 42 points 42
144 Indonesia42 points 42 points 42
144 Ivory Coast42 points 42 points 42
144 Lebanon42 points 42 points 42
144 Lesotho42 points 42 points 42
144 Maldives42 points 42 points 42
144 Papua New Guinea42 points 42 points 42
144 Sri Lanka42 points 42 points 42
144 Tanzania42 points 42 points 42
144 Timor-Leste42 points 42 points 42
144 Turkey42 points 42 points 42
144 Ukraine42 points 42 points 42
144 Zambia42 points 42 points 42
158 Madagascar40 points 40 points 40
158 Rwanda40 points 40 points 40
160 Bahrain38 points 38 points 38
160 Kazakhstan38 points 38 points 38
160 Kyrgyzstan38 points 38 points 38
160 Malawi38 points 38 points 38
160 Swaziland38 points 38 points 38
160 Togo38 points 38 points 38
160 Tunisia38 points 38 points 38
160 United Arab Emirates38 points 38 points 38
168 Azerbaijan35 points 35 points 35
168 Brunei35 points 35 points 35
168 Burkina Faso35 points 35 points 35
168 Liberia35 points 35 points 35
168 Morocco35 points 35 points 35
168 Mozambique35 points 35 points 35
168 Nicaragua35 points 35 points 35
168 Sierra Leone35 points 35 points 35
168 Uganda35 points 35 points 35
168 Zimbabwe35 points 35 points 35
178 Gabon32 points 32 points 32
178 Jordan32 points 32 points 32
178 Nigeria32 points 32 points 32
178 Oman32 points 32 points 32
182 Algeria30 points 30 points 30
182 Cameroon30 points 30 points 30
182 Comoros30 points 30 points 30
182 Haiti30 points 30 points 30
182 Kuwait30 points 30 points 30
182 Vietnam30 points 30 points 30
188 Bangladesh28 points 28 points 28
188 Congo28 points 28 points 28
188 Djibouti28 points 28 points 28
188 Ethiopia28 points 28 points 28
188 Guinea-Bissau28 points 28 points 28
188 Laos28 points 28 points 28
188 Qatar28 points 28 points 28
188 Uzbekistan28 points 28 points 28
196 Angola25 points 25 points 25
196 Guinea25 points 25 points 25
196 Mali25 points 25 points 25
196 Niger25 points 25 points 25
200 Cuba22 points 22 points 22
200 Egypt22 points 22 points 22
200 Mauritania22 points 22 points 22
200 Palestine22 points 22 points 22
200 Venezuela22 points 22 points 22
205 Belarus20 points 20 points 20
205 Burundi20 points 20 points 20
205 Chad20 points 20 points 20
205 China20 points 20 points 20
205 Congo DR20 points 20 points 20
205 Equatorial Guinea20 points 20 points 20
211 Pakistan18 points 18 points 18
211 Russia18 points 18 points 18
211 Saudi Arabia18 points 18 points 18
211 Tajikistan18 points 18 points 18
215 Central African Republic15 points 15 points 15
215 Iraq15 points 15 points 15
215 Myanmar15 points 15 points 15
215 Western Sahara15 points 15 points 15
219 Libya12 points 12 points 12
219 South Sudan12 points 12 points 12
221 Eritrea10 points 10 points 10
221 Iran10 points 10 points 10
221 Sudan10 points 10 points 10
221 Turkmenistan10 points 10 points 10
225 Somalia8 points 8 points 8
225 Syria8 points 8 points 8
225 Yemen8 points 8 points 8
228 Afghanistan5 points 5 points 5
229 Korea DPR2 points 2 points 2

Last rating: June 21st, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is a Nomadino 0-100 point value for cultural and expressive freedom. 0 means a heavily restricted environment with political control, censorship or strong intimidation; 100 means broad artistic, media and civic expressive freedom.

The calculation considers public data and country profiles on freedom of expression, freedom of association, media freedom, civic space, internet and press environment, and practical repression. V-Dem, Freedom House and Reporters Without Borders are key plausibility anchors.

The rating equals the raw value. A country with 88 points therefore receives a rating of 88. This makes clear that the indicator is already a composite freedom value and is not converted again behind the scenes.

War, state collapse, systematic censorship, persecution of artists, media blockages or severely restricted civic space can limit the rating. For small or dependent territories, Nomadino uses maintained replacement values based on administering state, local autonomy, legal area and plausible comparator countries.

This indicator rates freedom of the cultural environment. It does not measure how many museums, cinemas or concerts exist; that practical infrastructure is covered by separate indicators.